COMPARATIVES Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word comparatives. (close relations)
Definition of COMPARATIVES
compare
Best Alternative Words for COMPARATIVES
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greater | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • greater in size or importance or degree | ||||||||
higher | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • advanced in complexity or elaboration • of education beyond the secondary level | ||||||||
larger | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • large or big relative to something else | ||||||||
more | adverbadv | |||||||
adjective • (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; above; more than • (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number noun • English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state adverb • used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something • comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent | ||||||||
comparative degree | nounn | |||||||
noun • the comparative form of an adjective or adverb | ||||||||
relative | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete noun • a person related by blood or marriage • an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) adjective satellite • properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' |